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I Am The Sound
[An "Amazing Grace" poem poetic adaptation]
Amazing Grace, I am the sound
which saved a soul like me. I once
cried, "lost," but now I call "found."
I was in a "bind," but now "I'm free!"
'Twas myself who taught my heart to
fear—and myself my fears relieved.
How precious did I finally appear
the minute I first believed!
Through many pleasures, joys
and scares, I have already come.
'Tis myself who took me out this far
and I will bring myself home!
When I have been there a zillion
years, bright shining as The Son,
I have no less days to be God's Praise
than when I had first begun!
Amazing Grace, I am the sound
which saves a soul like me. I once
cried "lost," but now I cry "found,"
I was in a "bind," but now "I'm free!"
-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Small All White in the Forest)
"I am no barrier to its sun; the light and I are as one!"
My Poetic Notes:
The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: To be perfectly honest, I do not remember exactly how I was inspired—after chatting online with someone called "zendawg23" (on the now defunct gay.com chat site)—to do a poetic adaptation of John Newton's famous poem "Amazing Grace." I do know that I was trying to convey the idea that we all have the power to 'make ill,' or to 'make well,' our own souls, because I truly do believe that "We Are All A Part Of God!"
Thus, this poem is a poetic adaptation of the hymn "Amazing Grace," which was originally written as a poem by John Newton and joined with the hymn "New Britain," as the melody most currently associated with the hymn. And it is one of two adaptations that I have written of John Newton's poem-turned-into-a-hymn with the other poem being inspired by Leann Rimes' a cappella cover of the hymn "Amazing Grace," which is published on this blog. (Please see "Amazing Grace-Style Poem" in labels for the poem.)
Just so you know, I revised this poem, as I often do with my writing! And I changed how one line of this poem was written when I realized that I should remove the metaphorical comparison to "blindness," since it is disrespectful toward those who are blind. So, I wanted to show you how this particular line used to be written, before I revised it as above.
And it used to be written like this:
...claimed I was "blind," but now "I see!"
Thus, I revised this poem to be written as it is above.
And this poem was also published on my "Three Dark Horses" and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blogs (please see the hyperlinks below for the blogs), since I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message I am trying to convey through "Three Dark Horses" and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer." Plus, I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message I am trying to convey through my new "The Oneness Of God" spiritual practice!
This poem was poetically adapted in Portland, Oregon.
-Paulee
https://threedarkhorses.blogspot.com
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com
This "Small All White in the Forest" Post No. 024 was edited on May 6th, 2024.
"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]
